CHAPTER PAGE
I. CHILDHOOD—1866-1875............................... 1
II. BAYREUTH IN 1876—MY DOLL’S THEATRE................ 13
III. FOUNDING OF THE SYMPHONY AND ORATORIO SOCIETIES OF
NEW YORK........................................ 22
IV. AUGUST WILHELMJ—TERESA CARRENO.................... 28
V. LISZT AND WAGNER.................................. 36
VI. THE FOUNDING OF GERMAN OPERA AT THE
METROPOLITAN—DEATH OF MY FATHER................. 51
VII. LILLI LEHMANN..................................... 63
VIII. HANS VON BÜLOW.................................... 74
IX. ANDREW CARNEGIE AND THE BLAINE FAMILY............. 90
X. THE DAMROSCH OPERA COMPANY, 1895-1899............. 104
XI. ARTISTS........................................... 134
XII. ROMANCE........................................... 164
XIII. THE ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK.................. 169
XIV. THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA................... 186
XV. THE GREAT WAR..................................... 221
XVI. THE EUROPEAN TOUR................................. 272
XVII. WOMEN IN MUSICAL AFFAIRS.......................... 323
XVIII. BOSTON............................................ 333
XIX. MARGARET ANGLIN AND THE GREEK PLAYS............... 344
XX. DEAD COMPOSERS.................................... 351
XXI. POSTLUDE.......................................... 367